SAC 2024: Creators of the Middle East’s own cartoon character Nana Zanana discuss her popularity

At the Sharjah Animation Conference, creator Islam Ahmed Al-Sayed and media promoter Aya Hammad talk about the fly that has ignited young Arab imagination.

Sharjah, May 06, 2024

The Middle East’s own cartoon character Nana al Zanana, a temperamental little fly that is the protagonist in an original short animated series produced for Cartoon Network by Follk Studios Egypt, was the subject of an animated discussion at the Sharjah Animation Conference (SAC), happening at Expo Centre Sharjah until May 5.

Young chefs pour their ingenuity into customised
pretzels at SCRF 2024

The 15th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival has been helping children prepare and develop a love for healthy snacks through its popular Cookery workshops

Sharjah, May 06, 2024

Children were in attendance early in the morning to make soft pretzels from scratch and eat the baked snack they had designed during the “Twist and Taste Pretzels” cookery workshop at the 15th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) taking place in Expo Centre Sharjah from May 1-12.